Dominic gives a quick update from the frontlines of home repair. Then (3:30) we welcome <a href= "https://thehill.com/author/rachel-frazin/">Rachel Frazin</a> an energy and environmental reporter from The Hill to the podcast to talk about her new book, together with Sharon Udasin, <a href= "https://islandpress.org/books/poisoning-well#desc">Poisoning the Well:</a> How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America (Island Press, 2025). We start with the basics: what forever chemicals and PFAS are, where they came from and when it first became clear that they could have devastating health impacts. We move from there to why, even though 97% of Americans have PFAS in their blood, Rachel sees this as a global problem and discuss some of the powerful and tragic personal stories covered in the book. We then talk about the failures of the regulatory state that allowed the PFAS epidemic to get so out of hand and various efforts to bring the originators of PFAS to justice. Finally, Rachel offers some very helpful thoughts about what people can do to keep PFAS out of their lives and bodies. You can find Rachel on <a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/rachelfrazin.bsky.social">Bluesky</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rachelfrazin/">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://x.com/RachelFrazin">X</a> and if you have a forever chemicals story of your own you can reach her at The Hill at <a href= "mailto:rfrazin@thehill.com">rfrazin@thehill.com</a>

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